William Shatner has not been asked to make a cameo in the new J.J. Abrams-directed version of Star Trek, and he’s been very vocal about his displeasure with that decision.
Leonard Nimoy will reprise his role as the pointy-eared Spock in the film, and now the movie’s co-screenwriter, Roberto Orci, is explaining Shatner’s absence.
“There are two things,” Orci says. “One, from our point of view, we are still hoping to find a way. Secondly, one of the difficulties that was brought up and discussed with Shatner when we all met him and pitched him ideas is that Trek fans are sticklers for their canon. [And,] unfortunately, Shatner’s Capt. Kirk was killed in Star Trek VII [1994’s Generations].”
Well, that makes sense.
But they could always have Shat appear in a flashback!
[Image via WENN.]
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